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Jul 25, 2024

Advancing Miscanthus: A Better Bioenergy Crop

Distinguished Professor Tom Ranney’s research has led to the development of new triploid bioenergy grasses with an array of optimal characteristics for growers and the environment.

Jun 5, 2024

Carlos Iglesias appointed to USDA Specialty Crop Advisory Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the appointment of 14 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. Eight members are new appointments and six members are re-appointments.

May 29, 2024

Craig Yencho Earns 2024 O. Max Gardner Award

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor and internationally acclaimed plant breeder has received the University of North Carolina System’s highest faculty honor.

May 21, 2024

Doctoral Students Tackle Impactful Research

Nicole Choquette and Emmanuel Lozada-Soto were recently named the recipients of the 2024 Kenneth R. Keller Research Award for excellence in doctoral dissertation research.

May 6, 2024

Growing a Homerun Peanut

Nearly all of the peanuts we munch on at major and minor league baseball games came from the peanut breeding program at NC State University.

Dec 21, 2023

All Hopped Up

Get ready for a truly homegrown brew as breeders work to create hops plants that can thrive in North Carolina.

Dec 12, 2023

A Patented Winner

The National Academy of Inventors named NC State University’s Craig Yencho a 2023 fellow for his contributions to improved sweetpotato and potato breeding and genetics, with an impact reaching from North Carolina to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Oct 10, 2023

A New Leaf in Tobacco Breeding

Tobacco is still a major North Carolina cash crop. Ramsey Lewis’ modern Nicotiana research ranges from the agronomic improvement of commercial varieties to the genus’ broader use as a model plant.

Sep 28, 2023

What Makes a Carrot Orange?

Three recessive genes are required to give carrots their orange color – and the beneficial precursor of vitamin A.

Sep 5, 2023

Ty Seely: Speedy Peanut Breeding

Ty Seely is a master’s student studying peanut breeding under the direction of Assistant Professor Jeff Dunne in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at North Carolina State University. Seely recently attended the 2023 American Society for Horticultural Science Annual Conference, where he was awarded second place out of 45 students for the Controlled…